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parts of the country can doubt. Not only is Taraxacum not rare 

 on the banks of lakes and streams, but the writer has often found 

 it in bogs and swamps several hundred miles from settlement of 

 any kind. 



Taraxacum Chamissonis, Greene, Pittonia, vol. iv, p. 228, 



Very common on the shores and islands of Bohring Sea 

 and south along the Alaskan coast. Will probably be found 

 in British Columbia. 



Taraxacum rupestre, Greene, Pittonia, vol. iv, p. 229. 



Crevices of rocks, alt. 6,000 ft., Mt. Queest, Shuswap 

 Lake, B C. Herb. No. 15,111 ; Avalanche Mt., Selkirk 

 Mountains, B.C., alt. 8,000 ft. (/, M. Macoun.) Kicking 

 Horse Lake, Rocky Mountains. {John Macoun.) 



Taraxacum ovinum, Greene, Pittonia, voL iv., p. 229. 



On Sheep Mountain, Waterton Lake, lat. 49^ 05', Rocky 

 Mountains. Herb. No. 11,711. {John Macoun.) 



Taraxacum lacerum, Greene, Pittonia, vol iv, p. 230. 



Canyon of the Upper Liard River, Yukon, lat. dd^ 26'. 

 June, 1887. Herb. No. 15,119. [Johti Macovn.) 



Taraxacum dumetorum, Greene, Pittonia, vol iv, p. 230. 



A common species from Assiniboia westward to British 

 Columbia. 



Taraxacum erythrospermum, Andrz. 



The red-seeded dandelion is probably common through- 

 out eastern Canada, but has been seldom separated from 

 Taraxacum Taraxacum. Our specimens are from Ottawa, 

 Niagara Falls and Hamilton, Ont, 



J. M. M. 



